Pliers.



No. 999,993. PATENTBD JAN. 1, 1907.

c. A. FRITZ.

PLIERS. 9 A YPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 24.1906;

W1 TNESSES: [/VVEN TOR 945099999 M959 W944 991 KW 999M9 A/forneyd.

' the aws of'ordinary'pliers co when turned to. parallel position therewith? Thepin is'so placed that it normally extends front end in; blocks 11, each ofwhich has a longitudinal oriaxial bore 12, which is'tathereo 1 bore 12Jand may be-turned therein. .The

Improvements in Pliers pliers;

. jaws toward each other, and the latter p s1t1on thejawscan'reachand take hold of-aroHARLnsARNoLn F Application filed April .24; 1

Specification of Letters Patent;

airz, or MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA. j

Patented Jan. 1, 1907. 906. SerialNo.813,398-

To'aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known 1 that I, CHARL S ARNOLD FRITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minot, -in the county of Ward and State of North Dakota, have invented new ahd useful of whichthe' followmg 1s a specification. r This invention relates to pliers, andhas for its particular object to provide ,a pair of. pliers with'jaws whichcan be set in various positions to operate on 'work which otherwise could not he reached by the jaws of ordinary The (pliers have a'pair of handles and jaws secure thereto, so that they can he turnedtopfiresent thefflat faces; of the jaws toward eae other or the narrow side edges of the ticles ina slot or other narrowuarters, where 1,1 dnot be opera i the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aside View of the tool-with the jawsin one position, Fig.5 2 is a similar iewi with thew jawsin the other positionlf Fig.- .3 is a sec-J tionon the line 3]3of,.Fig 1.'- Fi'g. dis an edgeview of the tool.

Referring specifically to the drawings,.6. indicates a pair "Off crossed'handles, one of nected by anarrowed slot 8 and the other of 7 which has secured thereto apivot-pin-Q, the opposite sidesof which are flattened, as at '10, so that (it will-pass through the "slot l8.

crosswisewith respect to the slot,'so that it will remainin the proper hole 7' under ()Idi: nary use, The handles terminate at the pered or decreased in. size'from front to rear and opens at the rear end through a shoulder ;13 atthe rear of the block 11.; r,

The 'aws are indicated at 14;, and thepoints are made long andthjn, as at 15, wherebyv they. are fitted for. comparatively ,fineiwork; Each awhas at the rear end thereof a tapered's 16, whichfits in the shank is long enough-toextend throughzand 1 beyond the hloekll and hehindithe should i m i- P QVi Q -Wibh a l aterallyaex-z reached by a ersonsv of ordinaryp 'ers. It w'lbeoliserved that 89 the aws 1n either posltlon.-

a semicircular springpiece 19, secured behind the shoulder 13. There are three notches, one at themiddle and one at each end of the semicircular piece.

tending pin 17, arranged to engage inone of v a series of notches-18 The spaced ivot hole's7 allow the'handles 6o and jaws to farther apart for small or large work. The

e moved closer together or aw construction-is suchthat the jaws may eset to present their faces to each other, as

shown in Fig. 1, or to present their side edgles 6 5 to each other, as shown in Fig. 2. In ,t e

- former position the parts-are held by the en 1 gagement of the pin 17 in the 18, and in. the latter middle notch v ositi'on the'pin is engaged in one or the "0th 19;} This holds the parts'as'set When set in the former position, the pliers are used as ordinary pliers. Whenset'in-the latter or edgewise position, the jaws may be entered into slots or 'other'narrow places to rasp -areqaws,

tic'les therein between the edges of t so -that such. articles may be picked out-or manipulated "where they could not, he. ers or byth'e jaws thejawsj nayhe turned either way, so as to bring'either pair of edges together, and the opposite edges may be modified, desired P I h for speciali'work. which has .a spacedpa1r of pivot-holes 7' con- I-clain1 I longitudinal bores throughthe blocks,,jaws'having pivot-shanks fitting in said bores, onwhich the jaws may be turned to present. either their faces or their 9 edges .toward each other, and means eng the shanks behind the blocks to hold 2 Pliershavingcrossed handles with blocks at their'iront ends and 1b through said blocks, j aws having pivot-shanks extendingthrough said bores, pinsv projecting laterally from said shanks behind the' blocks, and spring-pieces onthe rear side of the blocks having notohes which the pins 9 en age. v

n testimony whereofl have signed my name to thisspecificationin the presence of two subscribin witnesses;-

. "Guideline ARNOLD Witnesses:

R. A. Nns'ros, iRrS. Frsx.

er. of the end'notch'es 70 ,i i s I lQ-Pliershavin-g c'rosse handleswithblocks at their front ends an oreslengthwise 

